Changes: Caridin's Cross

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Caridin's Cross is a crossroads within the Deep Roads, named after the ancient Paragon, Caridin.

Background

Caridin's Cross was once the largest crossroads in the Deep Roads, connecting the city of Orzammar with many outlying thaigs. However it has been lost to the darkspawn and according to the Mines Commander no dwarf in centuries has managed to reach the Cross. It is now in a state of ruin, inhabited only by the darkspawn and deepstalkers.

A deepstalker matriarch and deepstalker nests are located in the eastern portion of the map.

A makeshift darkspawn fort is located south of the starting point (in the middle of the crossroads), with three ballistae manned by genlocks watching the roads. Charging the position without first removing the ballista crews can be dangerous. Fortunately the area is small enough that area-based spells can easily dislodge them.

There are many road markers throughout Caridin's Cross.

Quests

A Paragon of Her Kind

An Admirable Topsider

Notes

The exits are all marked "Deep Roads" on ps3pc, but they do not go to the same areas. The bottom one opens up Ortan Thaig on your travel map. On xbox360, the south exit is marked Ortan Thaig correctly.

Characters

Hired Goons and Elven Mercenary: Two dwarves and an elven mage hired by either Lord Harrowmont or Prince Bhelen, unless you are publicly working for one and secretly working for the other, will be waiting for you at the start of the area. After a brief speech, they will attack.

Enemies

Bronto (Brontos, Lieutenant)
Deepstalker (Deepstalkers, Critter)
Deepstalker leader (Deepstalkers, Normal)
Deepstalker matriarch (Deepstalkers, Boss)
Elven Mercenary (Elf, Normal, Mage)
Genlock (Darkspawn, Normal)
Genlock emissary (Darkspawn, Lieutenant) (one of the emissaries will drop Topsider's Hilt yielding Codex entry: Topsider's Honor)
Genlock runner (Darkspawn, Normal)
Hired Goon (Dwarf, one Normal, one Lieutenant)
Hurlock (Darkspawn, Normal)
Hurlock alpha (Darkspawn, Lieutenant)
Hurlock emissary (Darkspawn, Lieutenant)
Shriek (Darkspawn, Normal)
Ogre (Darkspawn, Lieutenant)
Ogre alpha (Darkspawn, Boss)
Revenant (Demon, Boss) (only when summoned using the Glass Phylactery)

Containers

Caridin's Cross - darkspawn barricade — The darkspawn fort

Northwest

Chest (Darkspawn, Normal) - locked
Chest (Darkspawn, Normal) - locked
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
Rubble (Darkspawn, Normal)
Chest (Darkspawn, Elite) - locked (50 XP)
Chest (Darkspawn, Elite) - locked (50 XP)
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)

North-central passage

Chest (Dwarven, Elite) - locked
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)

Fort

Broken Crate (Dwarven, Normal) - near vials
Chest (Special) - Totem
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)

Deepstalker nest

Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
Sarcophagus (Dwarven, Boss)

Southwest tunnel

Chest (Darkspawn, Boss) - locked (60 XP)
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
Drifters' Cache (Darkspawn, Boss) - see Drifter's Cache

Notable items

Caridin's Cross - river view — An underground river crossing the location

Effort's Gloves, source: Drifter's Cache

Head in a Bag, source: Small Bloody Sack

Ring of the Warrior, source: Drifter's Cache

Thorn of the Dead Gods, source: Drifter's Cache

Topsider's Hilt, source: on the genlock emissary in south cave corridor of Caridin's Cross

Torso in a Bag, source: Small Bloody Sack

Notable gifts for companions:

Totem, source: Chest

Codex entries

Codex entry: Asunder, source: Small Bloody Sack

Codex entry: Orzammar History: Chapter One, source: Statue near southwest exit to Deep Roads

Codex entry: The Black Vials, source: Glass Phylactery

Codex entry: The Blights, source: Firepit

Codex entry: The Crosscut Drifters, source: Rubble

Codex entry: The Shaper's Life, source: The Shaper's Life

Codex entry: Thorn of the Dead Gods, source: Drifter's Cache

Codex entry: Topsider's Honor, source: Genlock emissary

Special objects

Road Markers
2 x Tripwires (40 XP and 50 XP) attached to exploding barrels.
8 x Leghold Traps (40 XP) next to deepstalker cage, in the darkspawn fort, and on the bridge.
x3 Ballistae manned by genlocks.
A Glass Phylactery containing the essence of one of The Black Vials revenants.

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 |name          = [[Caridin's Cross]]
 |icon          = Ico Cross.png
-|image         = Caridinscross.jpg
+|image         = Caridin's Cross.png
 |px            = 270px
 |terrain       = Underground
-|type          = Crossroads
+|type          = [[Deep Roads]]
-|location      = [[Deep Roads]]
+|location      = [[Thedas#Underground|Underground]]
 |exits         = [[Ortan Thaig]] <br> [[Deep Roads]]
-|inhabitants   = [[Darkspawn]], [[Shrieks]], [[Deep stalkers]]
+|inhabitants   = [[Darkspawn]], [[Deepstalker]]s, [[Bronto]]s
 |appearances   = [[Dragon Age: Origins]]
 }}</onlyinclude>
-'''Caridin's Cross''' is a crossroads within the [[Deep Roads]], named after the ancient [[Paragons|Paragon]] smith, [[Caridin]].
+'''Caridin's Cross''' is a crossroads within the [[Deep Roads]], named after the ancient [[Paragon]], [[Caridin]].
-Travelers are advised to read the road markers, lest they become lost in the crossroads.
 == Background ==
 [[File:Map-Caridin's Cross.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of the area]]
-Caridin's Cross was once the largest crossroads in the Deep Roads, connecting the city of [[Orzammar]] with many outlaying [[thaigs]]. It is now in a state of ruin, inhabited only by the [[darkspawn]] and [[deepstalker]], and the [[deepstalker matriarch]]. If the area with deepstalker eggs is approached the deepstalker matriarch should appear off the road in the area by the right side of map.
+Caridin's Cross was once the largest crossroads in the Deep Roads, connecting the city of [[Orzammar]] with many outlying [[thaig]]s. However it has been lost to the [[darkspawn]] and according to the [[Mines Commander]] no dwarf in centuries has managed to reach the Cross. It is now in a state of ruin, inhabited only by the darkspawn and [[deepstalker]]s.
+A [[deepstalker matriarch]] and deepstalker nests are located in the eastern portion of the map.
-There is a darkspawn "fort" of sorts south of the starting point (in the middle of the crossroads), with three [[ballista]]e manned by [[genlock]]s watching the roads. Charging the position without first removing the ballista crews is rather dangerous. Fortunately, the area is small enough that a [[Tempest]]/[[Blizzard]]/[[Inferno]] will easily dislodge them.
+A makeshift darkspawn fort is located south of the starting point (in the middle of the crossroads), with three [[ballista]]e manned by [[genlock]]s watching the roads. Charging the position without first removing the ballista crews can be dangerous. Fortunately the area is small enough that area-based [[Spells (Origins)|spells]] can easily dislodge them.
-== Involvement ==
-{{:The Black Vials|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
+There are many road markers throughout Caridin's Cross.
+== Quests ==
+{{:A Paragon of Her Kind|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
 {{:An Admirable Topsider|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
-{{:The Drifter's Cache|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
 {{:Asunder|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
+{{:The Black Vials|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
+{{:The Drifter's Cache|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
+{{:The Shaper's Life|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
 == Notes ==
-* The exits are all marked "Deep Roads" but they do not go to the same areas. The bottom one opens up [[Ortan Thaig]] on your travel map.
+* The exits are all marked "Deep Roads" on {{Platforms|PS3|PC}}, but they do not go to the same areas. The bottom one opens up [[Ortan Thaig]] on your travel map.  On {{Platforms|XBOX360}}, the south exit is marked [[Ortan Thaig]] correctly.
 == Characters ==
-[[File:NPC-Hired Goon.jpg|thumb|Hired Goon]]
+[[File:NPC-Hired Goon.jpg|thumb|200px|Hired Goon]]
-* Hired Goons and Elven Mercenary: Two [[dwarves]] and an [[Elves|elven]] [[Mage (Origins)|mage]] hired by either [[Pyral Harrowmont|Lord Harrowmont]] or [[Bhelen Aeducan|Prince Bhelen]] (unless you are publicly working for one and secretly working for the other) will be waiting for you at the start of the area. After a brief speech, they will attack.
+* Hired Goons and Elven Mercenary: Two [[Dwarf|dwarves]] and an [[Elf|elven]] [[Mage (Origins)|mage]] hired by either [[Pyral Harrowmont|Lord Harrowmont]] or [[Bhelen Aeducan|Prince Bhelen]], unless you are publicly working for one and secretly working for the other, will be waiting for you at the start of the area. After a brief speech, they will attack.
 == Enemies ==
-* Hired Goons ([[Dwarves|Dwarf]], one [[Normal]], one [[Lieutenant]])
+* [[Bronto]] ([[Bronto]]s, [[Rank#Lieutenant|Lieutenant]])
+* [[Deepstalker (variation)|Deepstalker]] ([[Deepstalker]]s, [[Rank#Critter|Critter]])
-* Elven Mercenary ([[Elves|Elf]], [[Normal]], [[Mage]])
-* [[Hurlock]]s ([[Darkspawn]], [[Normal]])
+* [[Deepstalker leader]] ([[Deepstalker]]s, [[Rank#Normal|Normal]])
-* [[Hurlock emissary]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Lieutenant]])
+* [[Deepstalker matriarch]] ([[Deepstalker]]s, [[Rank#Boss|Boss]])
-* [[Hurlock alpha]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Lieutenant]])
+* Elven Mercenary ([[Elf]], [[Rank#Normal|Normal]], [[Mage (Origins)|Mage]])
-* [[Genlock]]s ([[Darkspawn]], [[Normal]])
+* [[Genlock (variation)|Genlock]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Normal|Normal]])
-* [[Genlock emissary]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Lieutenant]]) One of the emissaries will drop [[Topsider's Hilt]] yielding [[Codex entry: Topsider's Honor]] (See [[An Admirable Topsider]].)
+* [[Genlock emissary]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]) (one of the emissaries will drop [[Topsider's Hilt]] yielding [[Codex entry: Topsider's Honor]])
-* [[Genlock runner]]s ([[Darkspawn]], [[Normal]])
+* [[Genlock runner]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Normal|Normal]])
+* Hired Goon ([[Dwarf]], one [[Rank#Normal|Normal]], one [[Rank#Lieutenant|Lieutenant]])
-* [[Shriek]]s ([[Darkspawn]], [[Normal]])
-* [[Bronto]] (Beast, [[Lieutenant]])
+* [[Hurlock (variation)|Hurlock]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Normal|Normal]])
-* [[Ogre]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Lieutenant]])
+* [[Hurlock alpha]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Lieutenant|Lieutenant]])
-* [[Ogre alpha]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Boss]])
+* [[Hurlock emissary]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Lieutenant|Lieutenant]])
+* [[Shriek]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Normal|Normal]])
-* [[Revenant]] ([[Demon]], [[Boss]]) (Only when summoned using the Glass Phylactery, see [[The Black Vials]].)
-* [[Deep stalker]] (Beast, [[Normal]])
+* [[Ogre]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Lieutenant|Lieutenant]])
-* [[Deep Stalker Matriarch]] (Beast, [[Boss]])
+* [[Ogre alpha]] ([[Darkspawn]], [[Rank#Boss|Boss]])
+* [[Revenant]] ([[Demon]], [[Rank#Boss|Boss]]) (only when summoned using the Glass Phylactery)
-== Notable items ==
-{{:Bag of Limbs|style=iconmini}}, Head in a Bag and Torso in a Bag, source: Small Bloody Sack{{clrl}}
-{{:Effort's Gloves|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
-{{:Ring of the Warrior|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
-{{:Thorn of the Dead Gods|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
-{{:Topsider's Hilt|style=iconmini}}, source: on the genlock emissary in south cave corridor of Caridin's Cross{{clrl}}
-Notable [[Gifts (Origins)|gifts]] for [[companions]]:
-{{:Totem|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Chest}}.{{clrl}}
 == Containers ==
+[[File:Caridin's Cross - darkspawn barricade.png|thumb|270px|The darkspawn fort]]
 ''Northwest''
 * {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Normal) - locked
 * {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Normal) - locked
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* [[Fractured Stone]] (Stone, Normal)
 * {{TextContainer|Rubble}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Normal)
-* {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Elite) - locked
+* {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Elite) - locked (50 XP)
-* {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Elite) - locked
+* {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Elite) - locked (50 XP)
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
 ''North-central passage''
 * {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Dwarven|Dwarven]], Elite) - locked
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
 ''Fort''
 * {{TextContainer|Broken Crate}} ([[Treasure#Dwarven|Dwarven]], Normal) - near vials
 * {{TextContainer|Chest}} (Special) - [[Totem]]
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
 ''Deepstalker nest''
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
 * {{TextContainer|Sarcophagus}} ([[Treasure#Dwarven|Dwarven]], Boss)
 ''Southwest tunnel''
-* {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Boss) - locked
+* {{TextContainer|Chest}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Boss) - locked (60 XP)
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
-* {{TextContainer|Fractured Stone}} ([[Treasure#Stone|Stone]], Normal)
+* Fractured Stone (Stone, Normal)
 * {{TextContainer|Drifters' Cache}} ([[Treasure#Darkspawn|Darkspawn]], Boss) - see [[Drifter's Cache]]
+== Notable items ==
+[[File:Caridin's Cross - river view.png|thumb|270px|An underground [[Rivers|river]] crossing the location]]
+{{:Effort's Gloves|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
+{{:Head in a Bag|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Small Bloody Sack}}{{clrl}}
+{{:Ring of the Warrior|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
+{{:Thorn of the Dead Gods|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
+{{:Topsider's Hilt|style=iconmini}}, source: on the genlock emissary in south cave corridor of Caridin's Cross{{clrl}}
+{{:Torso in a Bag|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Small Bloody Sack}}{{clrl}}
+Notable [[Gifts (Origins)|gifts]] for [[Companions (Origins)|companions]]:
+{{:Totem|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Chest}}{{clrl}}
 == Codex entries ==
-{{:Codex entry: Orzammar History: Chapter One|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Rubble]]{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: Asunder|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Small Bloody Sack}}{{clrl}}
-{{:Codex entry: The Blights|style=iconmini}}, source: Firepit{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: Orzammar History: Chapter One|style=iconmini}}, source: Statue near southwest exit to Deep Roads{{clrl}}
-{{:Codex entry: The Crosscut Drifters|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Rubble]]{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: The Black Vials|style=iconmini}}, source: Glass Phylactery{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: The Blights|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Firepit}}{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: The Crosscut Drifters|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|Rubble}}{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: The Shaper's Life|style=iconmini}}, source: [[The Shaper's Life]]{{clrl}}
 {{:Codex entry: Thorn of the Dead Gods|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Drifter's Cache]]{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: Topsider's Honor|style=iconmini}}, source: Genlock emissary{{clrl}}
 == Special objects ==
+* Road Markers
-* [[Tripwire]]s (Disarm for 40 XP and 50XP) Attached to exploding barrels.
+* 2 x [[Tripwire]]s (40 XP and 50 XP) attached to exploding barrels.
-* [[Leghold Trap]]s (Disarm for 40 XP) On the bridge, and just walking on that bridge will trigger the spawning of many [[Genlock]]s.
+* 8 x [[Leghold Trap]]s (40 XP) next to deepstalker cage, in the darkspawn fort, and on the bridge.
-* [[Ballista]] manned by [[Genlock]] to fire devastating missiles.
+* x3 [[Ballista]]e manned by genlocks.
-* Road Markers ''"The words on this statue are too damaged to read. From what you can make out, it seems this was a memorial to a child Paragon"''.
-* A Glass Phylactery containing the essence of one of [[The Black Vials]] [[Revenant]]s.
+* A {{TextContainer|Glass Phylactery}} containing the essence of one of [[The Black Vials]] [[revenant]]s.
+{{Dwarves}}
 [[Category:Dragon Age: Origins locations]]
-[[Category:Deep Roads]]
+[[Category:Deep Roads locations]]